I'd have to shave twice daily if I didn't have a beard; it happens like that when all your heritage can be traced back to the North Sea. Facial hair is simply a way to survive winter on a fjord, I think.

For a while, I myself toyed with the idea of growing myself a moustache, and then on a later time, with growing a goatee.

Let me tell you, if you're already used to shaving everything on your face, you'll find even for one day or two if you wanted a moustache or beard, you'll be shaving it off asap. Simply because, if you're not used to simply having a moustache or beard, you'll find it's very hard to maintain and keep proper.

So if you're already shaving to keep a clean face, keep doing so--you'll be saving yourself a whole lot of trouble!

daanton wrote:For a while, I myself toyed with the idea of growing myself a moustache, and then on a later time, with growing a goatee.

Let me tell you, if you're already used to shaving everything on your face, you'll find even for one day or two if you wanted a moustache or beard, you'll be shaving it off asap. Simply because, if you're not used to simply having a moustache or beard, you'll find it's very hard to maintain and keep proper.

So if you're already shaving to keep a clean face, keep doing so--you'll be saving yourself a whole lot of trouble!

Eh. It's not that tough--mainly a matter of learning to use shampoo on your beard; trimming once every week or two is far easier than shaving every day. The big issue is, can you grow a proper one fast enough in the first place? Some guys simply don't have the genes for it, just like some of us don't have the genes for maintaining a thick head of hair. If you're trying to grow any sort of facial hair and don't have the right oomph, you end up looking like you don't know the proper use of soap, or like a catapillar died on your lip. And, even if you eventually manage to get a decent length, any mistakes in grooming make your face look lopsided for a week (on the other hand, my occasional missteps in trimming have usually been erased in a day or two).

daanton wrote:For a while, I myself toyed with the idea of growing myself a moustache, and then on a later time, with growing a goatee.

Let me tell you, if you're already used to shaving everything on your face, you'll find even for one day or two if you wanted a moustache or beard, you'll be shaving it off asap. Simply because, if you're not used to simply having a moustache or beard, you'll find it's very hard to maintain and keep proper.

So if you're already shaving to keep a clean face, keep doing so--you'll be saving yourself a whole lot of trouble!

Eh. It's not that tough--mainly a matter of learning to use shampoo on your beard; trimming once every week or two is far easier than shaving every day. The big issue is, can you grow a proper one fast enough in the first place? Some guys simply don't have the genes for it, just like some of us don't have the genes for maintaining a thick head of hair. If you're trying to grow any sort of facial hair and don't have the right oomph, you end up looking like you don't know the proper use of soap, or like a catapillar died on your lip. And, even if you eventually manage to get a decent length, any mistakes in grooming make your face look lopsided for a week (on the other hand, my occasional missteps in trimming have usually been erased in a day or two).

Exactly my point.

So instead I now simply concentrate on maintaining a clean face, that having a moustache or beard is only fleeting.

Freemage wrote:I'd have to shave twice daily if I didn't have a beard; it happens like that when all your heritage can be traced back to the North Sea. Facial hair is simply a way to survive winter on a fjord, I think.

Of course, it helps in Chicago, too.

Not so much in Florida, though.

Though I only have to shave once a day (my ancestors hail from slightly more southerly regions), it's still a pain. So I have a beard more out of laziness than design. Though, when I do commit to shaving, it's only to get the goatee/moustache (when I was 20, I looked 14 whilst clean-shaven--now, I'd just look like a dork ).

Meh, facial hair is neat. There's few things sexier than a guy with a goatee (and I'm not saying it because I've a goatee myself - that could be argued to be a counterargument to that, at least for some people ).

oddtail wrote:Meh, facial hair is neat. There's few things sexier than a guy with a goatee (and I'm not saying it because I've a goatee myself - that could be argued to be a counterargument to that, at least for some people ).